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THE CEDARTOWN RECORD.
W. S. D. WIKLE & CO., Proprietors.
CEDARTOWN, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1875.
VOLUME I. NUMBER 34.
LATE NEWS SUMMARY.
WEST.
A special from Kansas oily says that
tho homo of tho notorious Jam oh Lots, in
day county, hu surmiuulcd at an aarly hour
yontonlay morning by a party of dateotivaa,
who flrod into tho hou-o and wounded lira.
Bamuo’.N. mother of tho Jamoa brotliera, killed
a child eight yearn old, and wounded a oolorod
woman. Thore wan oonsldorahlo firing, and
it ia aaid several perron* ware wounded, but
who beside* ths above mantlousd ia not known.
Tho Jauien boya escaped.
SOUTH.
A flro in Hnmptor, South Carolina,
Thursday, deatroyad proparty to tho value of
•70,030.
Tom Johnson, colored, who was to be
{tgogjlt Montgomery, Ala., Friday, hie had
otun.uto.1 in inuniaouinent for
life.
The Ohio and Mississippi transfer
itnpany'a atabla in fit. LouU wn burned
with fifty horses and a largo amount
The loss in eitlunted at $20,000.
Tho maohino, car, blacksmith and
‘tarn ahopa of tho Momphia railroad in Ar-
of h
md a
out c
30,000;
the morning of the 30th.
inaorance.
At Now Orleans, Iant week, W. A.
Weak*, the colored assistant secretary ol
stato, was killed by (leorgo Part*. a oolortk!
n an altercation, it is ispotted,
aboi
Tho steamer City of Quinoy sunk at
lhatard Thursday night. Hhe will prohally
* rained, as the river is falling rapidly. Hhe
an into a bank with a full head .of ateam, in
fog, and had a full trip, but no freight will
« damaged except in the hold.
A resolution, as been offered in the
Ilaaouri senate instructing the sonatorn and
eqUMting Hi
ths propo
it for the
» K 11 * 1
d the in 1
Atlantic
nd l‘a
si 1 mail t
rtd the Texas and l’acifio
impa
sde,
Tho amiunl statement of tho ti
commerce and manufactures of Mentph
1*74. furnished by tho iioeretary of tho cham
ber of oommorcc. shows a very satisfactory
stato of business generally. The total value
of merchandise impute for the year was $73.-
OIG HO7, and of the product of some ntamtfac-
•8,3
n,W0. Tlte total
1873
•78,817,727, ° r whloh tho c
luted to f 31,000,000. Thore
aec in all departments, as oor
; and compared with 1881, the
hnsiui
ealci
EVA TUOHILL.
lovely, (lying n»«ViV^ l0U
■om delightful lip to hrci
■owned lu dimpled Uugbtei
A HASTY MARRIAGE.
Jilted ! No gentler unmn oonld bo
ven to tho fact, fleorgo Cloodwiu hud
fairlyjilted. Cool, sensible Emily
Wardour had turned him off nt tho
elevouth hour, when ho had expeotod to
lead hor to tho altar in n few weeks, with
tho plea that she had not kuown her own
mind, and had discovered that ahu loved
anothor. It was a ernel blow to poor
fleorgo and he took it to heart. Ho sad
ly, Indeed, that tho very next day found
him nt tho hnusn of n neighb
and indulgent ho would bo if it ruined
him. It is not unlikely to do this.
A crisis had arrived with tho arrival
of the eeoond baby. Oeorgo Goodwin
had invitod bin sinters to the house, and
Mr. and Mrs. Jones had invitod them-
selves. Tho house was full, and the
sisters stood aghast at tho expenditure
which Lavinin directed through hor
mothor. It was nothing but spend,
spend, spend, from morning till night;
nobody knew how much, for it was not
ready money. In kitchen oxtrnvgunoe
had merged into waste—waste, under
Mrs. Jones’s example, into dislioneaty.
which George Goodwin detested and
abhorred more than most men, nt least
moro vigorously.
Menutime, in the dining-room, into
which the wintry sun was streaming,
George Goodwin had dashed down the
blinds and flung himself into tho arm-
ohnir, to think, and from thinking ho
felt tlmt it was time to act.
n« began to not n«* hfs way
to the dairy. A maid was thoro arrang
ing tho pans for tho ooming in of the
mid-day milking. In a quiet oormu
stood a small hamper. It caught his
oyo
What is that ?" ho asked sternly.
" I don’t know, sir; it was Mrs. Jones
did it up."
••Oh r
Ho turned it npsido down. A roll of
butter, a fowl, some eggs and a bottle
—tho latter mingling their contents—
dashed down on tho stouos, tho port
running in a little stream along the
floor.
Don’t let mo fltnl any moro of this.
I shall hold von responsible for all that
comes in and goea ont here," ho said to
the girl, us ho turned away iu a ten
times bitterer mood than beforo. Tho
things were hia own, but ho felt na if iio
had committed a meauuess in meddling
with them. Ho strode oft* to And Mr.
>k, tho gurdcuor, oow-keeper, pig-
The weather and crops occupied Mr.
Jonos and his visitor for Home time, Mr.
•Tones introducing these interesting top
ics. lUthcr ahrnbtly, however, tho
visitor announced that he had something
particular to say. Mrs. Jones rose with
her daughter Lnviuia, bnt was asked to
stay, so that Lavinia was sent from the
room alone as if she had been a ohild.
She went and sat down in tho kitchen
not a whit roaentful.
George Goodwin entered nt onoo on
his mission. He had oomo to a-k leave
of Lavinia’s parents to muko their
daughter an offer of his hand, llo did
uot say his heart.
Mrn. Jonen trembled lest hor husband
should discourage this oool suitor. Ho
•earned about to do so. Instead of a
ready assent, bo began to say it was
very sudden, and ho did nol liko to
part with tho ohild ; ho ended by turn
ing very rod and blowing his noso,
Mrs. Jones had lookod hard nt him.
Who now inter|H)6od, saying, of course, ........ U) uu. i*u» iunKgiK, p«i-
it wuH sudden, and eortainly they did j feetly delighted with the whisking of
not want to loso Luvinin, who was n I the tuils, made a dash forward to seize
perfect treasure ; but provided that she 1 ono, and was splashed from head to foot
was willing, and thought she would be j over her plum-colored velvot-dresa and
happy, they ahould not stand in hor whito hat and feather.
. sf the farm, to put matters into
his hands. Mr. Peek, with a very white
frock and n very red face, was coming
out of tho eow-nhed with a couple of
frothing pails of milk. Ho did not
notice tho farmor, for thoro at his fort
was tho farmer’s little dnughtor, her
careless nurse maid leaning on the
force tulking to ono of tho men.
“ Mitty Pet, me want to nee oo moo
cows," said tho ohild, running past him
into tho shed, tho floor of which was
quite clean an«l nioo. Hut Maggie, por-
an incr«M« of »2fi.017,727. 1
wliioh hr th« ransos of 1870, ti
I860 war 22 C2I, ia now, moon
ana taken in 1874, noder Iho.t
•chool coyimi-aloaer*. 80,003, i
1800 of Il.ttU.
i I Jo
She must lonvo them some timo,
d they would ho glad to boo hor in
o keeping of so worthy a man.
“True, trno," murmured poor Mr
mOM WASHINGTON.
The sonato oommitteo on naval sflairs
have agrnrri to tho report of tho imb-commlt-
too, recommending that the navy-yard* at
Washington, Philadelphia and Now London bo
-abolivLod. *
A package wss rooeivod at ths dead-
loiter nflb-n last woek containing half a doxen
snake*. two dead and tho remainder alive.
One in a oopporhead, five feet long. The rep
tile i were in a tin box, addreiu od to Oormany,
bnt had been etoppod at Now York ou account
of iiiBtiffhiont pontage.
Au examination of tho ocllnr of tho
na»y depat tment bolldlttg allows that arrange-
meutR had been ntado to bum the building.
Goorgo Goodwin ankod to soo
Lavinia there and then, and Mr. Jones
Assented. His wife would have secured
to prepare her daughter’s mind,
dear I” cried Mr. Pock, sit
ting down his pails and lifting her tip—
" dear, dear I hero you’ve been and
spoiled your fluo dross I”
“A gieat deni too fine,’’ said the
father, coming forward. “Take her
into tho cottage, Peck',"—it stood nob a
stouo’s throw from tho shod—“and soo
. . „ if your wife can’t dress tho ohild up in
but thoie was no holp for it. Luvinin something that won’t spoil so easily."
was called iu. llo took no notion of tho nurae-ntaid,
Hut George was not qnito so thought- who followed Mr. Peck to claim her
less as to propose to tho girl in tho; charge,
presouoo of her parents. Ho had Tho nprso took tho child to her mis-
walked np to tho window and seen* a tress.
narrow strip of ground callod "LSo ) Maggie was In a rod notion frock and.
garden,"andintothis ho invitod Lavinia | o brown pinafore, and had, moreover,
without pretext. TIo was not a man j been eating broad and tronole. Hho
who used protexts; ho was truth if self. \ had eortainly a rather
‘ It is not worth looking at,” said than usual.
TiAvinis, alluding to tho garden, when | ‘‘ J oaut help her boing suoh a fright,"
Trai
t the
P*P«
laid
noting with piles of ohlps.
ml broken up kindling wood. It In
1 the flro Motidx;
Tho house oommitteo
(ith ths governn
rofnudo I from t
tmU wont c f Ail
>an. It le ropr«-
ho hnd led hor out.
“ I did not romo to look at it," h
replied. “I onmo to speak to ion. D
von think yon could liko mo well ouon?l
to marry mo
Him looked startled, “ I don’t know,
aim stammered.
" Yon don’t disliko mo ?” ho askod.
“ Oh, no,” sho msdo has to toanawer. master?"
Him had admired him greatly as “ I hoard him say bo was going over
Emily’s lover, no had boon ono of her lo the grange, nml I saw him ride
heroes ; but his wcoing and tho manner *w»y, M replied tho girl. “ Tho grange"
of it disturbed all hor notions of heroic waH tho manor house in which lived the
action ownor of George’s land. Ho was riding
Then you mnst try and liko mo," i thithor na fast ns his horse would carry
1 tho maid ; “Mias Maggie would
into tho shed and got herself dirty,
and tlm muster said she was a deal too
line, and ordered Mr. Peck to put thorn
nasty, ugly things on hor. Htinll I take
them off. mum?"
“ No," said Lavinin, firmly ; “ loavo
tho present. Where is your
; he continued. “I think I could make! him. An I for what purpose ? Fi
j yon happy enough," ho added. : ]•*«« a purpose than Urn giving up of hiu
sropx by
happy ei . . .. .
o looked wistful. “Do you lovo tononoy, if his landlord would tako the
mo ?" nhe asked. | lease out of his hands.
It puzzled him—the simple question, “ You aro too hasty, Mr. Goodwin,"
tho wistful look. It almost turned him «®>d that gentleman. Yon will loso by
from his purpose. it if you throw it up in this way.
very sweet,” ho answered, I Think a litllo hotter oj it, and oomo
Hhall
i in
. \ "and I am unhappy."
I | Here was romance at last; to 1
her sweetness on ono who was uni
*\" J ‘ “* : that woold ho delightful.
r * j “Oh, waitnlittln. Papa"--
<» aj •«.! to c«ru- . “ I liavo asked him nlrtndy.n
i-y Uio irenHiiry | RRVe mo i rnvo to speak to you.
’• on " , ‘ t ! lie aettlo tho rest for you !"
irn ■ t' 1 '" attor- | •* Yen," aho murmured, nnd r her
irnparMiniiH for breath, hardly knowing what she said,
npaniiw. but not ftn d not kuowing iH tho least nil sho did
ioroproceedings j j n saying that ono littlo word.
j Ho kisaed her, almost fiercely, some-
cst of Whito- ! thing liko oompunction in his heart, and
od that tho mi- i bade her good-bye in tho gnrdon, loav-
»o nnxuimooHly i > n R ber there in a Btato of straugo bo
ut whllo going tn. in attendance upon
ruing from Wwlungton. Tt>o dortoir
to both civil and criminal anlts, bnt
limitation on tho civil anlt*, that R«rv
o»« may had. The court Raid t
cm ban in this rorpwl exactly tho
! wilderment.
oxouiptoft * from | “ Ltvinia will bo very poorly pro-
id bo pr<
lng tho
* by tb« tariff act, and by lmpo
J ! vided, I fear," Mrs. Jones said, nsstim
ing a delicacy sho did not feel. “I
o doubt if wo can get for her ev-n what
t will bo absolutely necessary on so short
a notice.”
a i “Got whatever is necessary nnd
0 | proper for tho occasion, Mrs. Jones,"
! " r; “ xccorumgto| WM (He quick nnd anticipated answer.
«‘ R # r-u , ’a S action agaumt , «. j j e u V o it, ns Lavinia has left it en-
. „ ilh ’ . * ,7! * ,:i .' r ,,ro "i i tirelv in your baudsand so saying ho
i J l , !, “ r0, ‘* took hi, ltnvp.
* ,f " T " r ‘ “ thB ,n,t * y o'-.nrt*. Three years passed away. Lavinia
The secretary of tho treasury has sent G sod win is resting on a sofa, looking
o ways and means commlttoo a tabalated ; thin and pale and very pretty, iu a
sternent allotting tho inerrased amounts of white pink, “ ridioulourdy fine for U
Uug farmer’s wife," os has boon often ro-
, 0 *l. marked of her nines her marriage, some
, ftn adding, spitefully, “ Hho cares for noth
ing but dress, nnd Oeorgo Goodwin is a
fool to lot her do as she does."
re- | no hai been very kind and inlnlgent
, n ,, to her. At first that r.eemod enough.
„ a | Hhe was happy wandering about tho
in,, sunny slopes of tho farm or milking
ltn ,. i improvements in the lionse nnd gar-lcD.
Hho was ahnndaotly liappy in tho peace
nnd plenty of her homo—a peace and
plenty she had never known before.
Hhe was rnoro than liappy, thin gen
erous child, in giving to her heart’s con
tent, supplying her parents with all the
luxuries the farm produced—fresh but
ter, new laid eggs, frnit., flowera, vege
tables, poultry. Hhe bad noticed that
her husband gave her less of his time
than ho might have given her; that
.. «... uiu°>ou *“»•<>-, caressed her carelessly, as he
bo to the extent of ten cents per gallon. might a pet animal; that ho gave
; hor too mneb of her own wny, and
FOREIGN. i Bhowed an utter want of interest *ir:
Russia has recognized King Alfonso, what she was doing.
Tmmenao damage has been done to Goorgo, too, bad his own discontent.
Shipping by a gale on tho British coa*t. ! He had begun to feel the extravaganoe
Turkey and Montenegro kayo with- °' Li » wifo ' ,0 r °?"® . h “j;
■ ° onir In ita RxnaAnnAnAM. His RiaTPra
drawn their troops, collected on the border
iicipatlon of hostilities. j ibis unbjeot, and ho hacl silenced them
The grand cross of the order of tlio . by “ It’s no fault of hers, and I
recommendation, bnt merely •
large number of artlclee which
ported free, to an aggregate amonnt of eon
forty million dollars j>«r annnm, and fro
which tho committee may select, with this d
tailed information now l>cfore them, tucli i
can most properly, in their opinion, bo rov
to contribnte to the automs revenue. Tl
rauemlUed to the commith
ima'on prepared by tho cor
that could be soenrod 1
Bocrctary aleo t
r of int
Bath h»« been offered to Mr. Csrlyli
fred Tennyeon is to be mo<lo a baronet.
The national army has already ad
vanced on tho (."artists and already taken nomo
of tbelr strong potjtiom*. King Alfoneo is
with tho army,
back to mo again. If you aro dote
mined to go away, I will endeavor b
moot you and give you tolerably fair
; but I do not want to loso y
whs obliged to bo content
this, nnd to return homo ; but ho *
resolute man, Georgu Goodwin, nnd not
likely to change bin mind when lie
du it tnt. Ho had made up hia
Ingland.
And nil tho wliilo Lavinin lay longing
for horhualmnd, longing and winting till
sho grow faint and miserable. Him
closed her nyes and clasped h
white hands, nnd prayed to bo modo
able to bear her life for tho iinko of b
babes, nnd tho tours oozed ont frr
under her cloaod eyelids and wetted 1
pale cheeks. “Bhe’s fretting, I o
see,"said the nurse to herself, “and
that’s why sho doesn’t got on, n
baby neither ; ” and she mentally be
stowed a vory uncomplimentary epi
thet on tho master of tho house, nnd
resolved that if possible she would
plant a thorn or two in hia pillow.
Him waylaid him, accordingly, on hit
return, and gavo him a rather extgger
atod account of Lavinia'a condition —nr
account which vexed him exceedingly,
and therefore made him more angr
than ever. “ Fretting, ia aho ?’’ ho sai
to himself. “What more does sli
want? Is she not satisfied with ruining
Ho could bo very perverse, this man,
bnt ho could not bo oruel;
np stnira nt lust and inqnhed vory
kindly for Lavinia and her baby. Ho
did not think slm was looking vory ill
nnd miserable, however, for sho hud
flashed brightly at his coming, am
ceived him with u smile. JIn knew noth
ing of what had been passing in lu
heart, and was not likely to know—sh
wonhl be shy ns long ns she was r<
served. Ho had not been going to tell
her of his resolution just yet, bnt after
moving about restlessly for some time,
ont it camo. “Lavinia," ho said, not
venturing to look at, her, “I’vcinado
up my mind to leave England.”
“To leave England!" she repeated.
“ Why should yon leave England ?’’
“Because if I stay I shall soon be a
beggar," lie replied, grifaly.
“Oh, I am so sorry 1” sho said.
“ What a pity I did not know before !
And what will beoome of papa and
mamma?" Hhe said it all in a breath,
rising up and sitting fnlly ronsed before
him.
The last words drove him wild. “Hho
does not care a straw for mo.” ho
thought, “only thinks what will become
of them." “ I shall leave you nnd them
all that I have,” ho said, with passion,
and go away and earn my bread as a
hor. Sho had not understood him any
more than ho hnd uudoistood her.
When sho had said aho waa sorry, it hnd
not boon for herself, bnt for him ; when
aho had said it was a pity sho hnd not
known before, it wns Unit she regretted
having spent so mnoh which might have
boon his now ; nnd when she had tx-
olaimed, “ Wlmt will beoome of papa
nnd mamma?" nhe was thinking what
they would do in their poverty without
her help, and in their loneliness without
her presence. Of herself she hnd not
thought nt nil, oxoept for ono bright
moment, ah hor husband’s oampnnion,
more to him than aho had ever boon bo-
fore, nnd ho to her.
Ho had misunderstood.her then. It
was impossible to misunderstand hor
now. llo looked nt her Htrangely.
“ Yon would miss nil your tiuethingn,
Lnviuia,” ho said. “You would have
to rough it as an immigrant's <vifo.’
‘ ' things> " shSVAid.
any.
for happier who ft i had not
That doesn’t say much for your
happiness with me," lie said.
Hho clnaned her hands nnd spoke
ore ongorly* "Oh, yon don't know
all that I enn do," alio said, “or nil
that I oau hear;’’ nud she ponied out to
him tho nad experiences of hor girlish
days
Ho listened with quivering lips to tho
oitnl; nnd whon Hho told him llow sho
hnd tn wear Emily Wardour’s old pink
to go to tho ball with him, he
hurst into an odd oxoited lnngh.
Hut wo should have to lonro tho
children behind us," ho said next, TIo
only trying her now, but lio had
tho worst of it.
Should wo? Oh, Goorgo," she
said, nnd paused for n moment, pnh r
nnd Iohh eager now. Then she said,
[juiotly, mulling no question of going
from him, “Couldn’t I tnko baby?
Maggie might stay with your sistern.
They would bo good to hor, but liaby
\)d want n nurse.
“My darling," ho cried; nnd with
itneUiing liko a sob he flung ltirueolf at
•r foot.
George Goodwin wss not n man to do
things liy halves. Ho hud ropontod of
hia lmsty marriage—of (lie has to of it,
that is to say—nnd he began courting
a an but few mnidous nro
oourted, Ho retraced bis slops ootn-
platoly. Ho consulted Lnviuia about
rything, wnyB and menus lnolmlod,
• .*d was not abovo helping her. nt her
desire, to roguluto thehouBOhola expen
diture
It is noedlesH to sny that they did not
find it necessary lo leave Ragland, nor
yot to livo in penury nt home. Luvinin
oonld still holp her parents, and that
ffeotunlly, by tho aid of hor lms-
band's judgment. Her sister and the
aiokly children oonld ntil 1 find uoadful
change ut the farm, nud Lnvininlioraelf,
happy nnd healthful, lookod prettier
than ever in her simplo housewifely
attire. This romantic littlo woman bail
turned into tho thriftiest of wives, at
lonst Goorgo Goodwin thought so, and
what was more, Bho mndo thrift s picas*
nut, and not a hard, unloving thing..)
Thore wns only ono step, wh||lt aho
took without oonaulting hor iiuSLnwd..
Him rmw t hat his staters nti'Mxl tho .0o-
oupution nnd various interests of tnc
furm, nnd woro pining in tlioir littlo
town-house. Thoro waa plenty of room
nnd plonty of work for thorn iiF tlioir
old homo, so she invitod them hack on
the plea t hat things did uot go so well
without them.
Aud she found hor reward. Tho sis
ters oonld imhginn nothing bettor tlisn
to dovoto thomselvos to Goorgo nnd his
children, and George’s wife onmo in for
hor share. H r at tho head of hor in
creasing household them is not, at (Ids
moment, a happier little womnn in tho
country than tho pretty young mistress
of Ilolhrook farm,
THE LONDON FIRE BRIGADE.
Mr lore, why doit Hunt Irkve mo ttiu* forlorn
• ') w>nry lolltuile tlirssRh day and 7
Thy f«ii- amUttntluoUM l.ro* tt'wakonfng m*rn
,nrt my toarful right
night
Hangs, don, 11 Intro found Hieunlfcl.orlnR*
On ■iiKity hunt*, whitrit thou ntayat Mvaatul r.uit.
Oom* qnlckly rr„ (ho dxrknof* round thro cling*—
lll» htthorwBrd up Iho Hhadowo from tho wool
With thtnum r of goldou mmllght on thy wins*,
To tluk lu ojoin* murmur* on my hreMt I
LIFE IN THE WHEEL-HOUBE.
A l.laUInlng 1*1 lot nt tlio n(**W*l|i|it.
BT MAUK TWAIN.
A PLOATINU I’ATjAOB.
My chief was presently hired to goou
a big Now Orlcauftdwat, and I pockod
t vltli litm, rah
pilot bouse I was no far abovo tho water
that I sofitnod perched on a mountain ;
and hor docks strotohod so far away,
fore and aft, below mo, that I wondered
how 1 oonld over have considered tho
little Paul Jones a largo craft. There
woro other difforouocs, too. Tho Paul
Jones' pilot-houHO was a cheap, dingy,
battered rattle-trap, cramped for room;
blit hero waa a sumptuous glass temple ;
room onough to have a dnnoo iu ; showy
red and gold window onrtninB ; an im
posing sofn; lonthor oushings nnd a
back to the high bench whore visiting
pilots sit to spin yams aud “ look at tho
river; " bright fnnoiful “ ouspndoros"
instead of n brood wooden box filled with
sawdust ; a nioo now oU-oloth on the
floor; n hospitable big stovo for wiutor;
u wheel as high ns my head, oontly with
inlnid work ; a wire tiller-rope ; bright
Irn is knobs for t ho bolls ; and a titty,
whito aproned “ texas-tender " to bring
up tarts aud iocs nud coffee dining tho
mid-watoh, day and night. Now thia
wus “something liko," and so I began
10 tako lit art onoo moro to bollovo that
piloting tins a romantic sort of occupa
tion after oil. * Tho moment wo woro
undt r way I began to prowl about tho
groat steamer and fill myself with joy.
Hho was us clean and as dainty ns a
drawing-room; whon I looked down her
long, gilded saloon it wus liko gazing
through n splendid tunnel; sho had an
oil-plot lire, by sumo gifted sign-painter,
on ovory atato-room door; sho glittered
with no oncl ol priHm-friugotl 'oliando-
11 era; tho dork’s oflloo was elegant, the
bar wns ntarvelbus, and tho bar-keepers
had been barherod nud upliolstorod at
iuoredible oust, Tho boiler dfioks (/. c.
tho second Blory of tho boat, so to
apeak) was as spacious ns a church, it
seems to me; ho with tho foreonstlo;
nud Ahcro was no pitiful handful of
dock-hands, firemen, nnd roustabouts
down thoro. hub a whole battalion of
men. Tho fires Wero llorooly glaring
’rom a loug row of furnneos, and ovor
thorn woro eight huge boilers. Thin
was unut tor able pomp 1 The mighty
onginss—but enough of this. I had
never folt so Uno by«ro. And whon 1
found /that the Wglmeut of natty ser-
yauts respectfully •“ sir’d ” me, my eat-
iafitflUc^ waa complsto.
1 LdOKTNC^Ag TOR StTVBIt.
Whoh I'rotUrpi-d to tho pilot-honso
Ht, Louis waa gone and I was lost.
Hero wus n pinoo of river which wns all
down in my book, hut I oonld make
neither head nor toil of it; you undor-
Hlund, it was turned around. I had soon
it when ooming up strenm, hut I lmd
nover faced about to soo how it looked
when it was behind mo. My heart
broko again, for it waN plain that I hud
got to learn this troublesome rivor both
¥h‘o pilot-honso
going down to “look at tho rivor.
what is on
full of pilots^
ailed tho “ upper river" (tho
two htiudrod miles bolwcon Ht. Louin
and Oatro, where Iho Ohio oomes in)
was low; nml tho Mississippi ohnngos
its channel ho eonstnutly that tho pilots
used to always find it nooessary to run
There are now CO stations of tho
brigade in London, and 4 stations aro
the Thames, where nteam-flontiug
engines pro moored. In connection
with these stations which aro all in com
munication with onoh other by means
of the electric telegraph, thoro nro 58
telegraph lines, and 85 miles of 1 olo
graph, 1 iron-floating barge to carry a
land steam flro engine, C largo land
m flro engines, 14 small land slenm
engines, 15 7-iuoh manual flro en
gines, 50 fl-inoll manual flro engines,
and 8‘.m firemen. Thoro aro 105 flro-
'soapo stations nn«l 125 flro-esdspes.
Tho number of dromon employed
down to Cairo to take a fresh look,
when tlioir boats wero to Ho iu port a
ck, that is, whon tho water was at a
low stage. A deal of (his “looking nt
tho river" wnu dono by poor follows who
seldom hnd a berth, nnd wliouo only
hope of gutting ono lay in tlioir being
freshly posted, and, therefore, ready to
tho several watches kept tip during tho
day is 00 ; tho number nt night is 184,
so that 271 nro employed ou wateh duty
in every twenty-four hours. Tho num
ber sie.ir, injured, on leave, or under in
struction, is usually between 40 and CO.
Tho romnining men nro available for
general work at fires. During 1878 tho
calls mndo on tho brigndo for a turnout
1,708. Of
drop into tho shoes of some reputable
pilot, for n single trip, on account of
such pilot’s sudden illness, or some
other necessity. And n good many of
thorn constantly ran up and down in
specting tho river, not bcoauso they
ov^r really hoped to get n birth, but
bcoauso (they being guests of tho bout)
it was cheaper to “look ut tho rivox"
than to Htny ashore nnd pay hourd. In
tiino t)ioho follows grow dainty iu their
tastos, nnd only infested boats that had
un established reputation for netting
good tables. All visiting pilots were
useful, for they wero always reudy and
willing, winter or summer, night or
day, to go out in tho yawl and help
of engiaos, wore r.s many ns 1,708. Of
those 83 proved to bo false ularms, and
72 wurn alarms of ohimnoy fires. Of
ftrer. other than chimney fires thoro wero
1,518, of which ICO ro»nlted in nnriouu
damngo, 1,882 in slight damage. In 20
of those fires life was lost, and in 74 of
them lifo was sorionoly ondangcrod.
The number of lives actually lost waa
35, of whom 12 woro laken ont of tho
burning buildings before death, but
subsequently sticonmod in hospitals nr
elsewhere. The total number of oalln
for ohimnoy fires, and in which no ulurm
of penernl flro had haen raised, wus
8,002. In these oases there wns no at
tendance of engines, bnt only of flro-
men with hand pumps. The quantity
of water unol for extinguishing Area in
tho metropolis daring Iho year 1873,
was about 82,500,000 gallon*, or 101,000
tons. Tho working a^oounts for the
year show tho expenditure of the bri
gade to have been nearly 8370,000. Of
this, bat ween $180,000 nnd 8185,000
went in salaries und wages, nnd nearly
810,000 for men’s clothing; something
undsr 82,000 for payments to medical
officers, and about $2,600 in pensions to
Into officers and widows.
An Intelligent Equine.
to tho co-t, bat still he did not Ialmrer."
interfere. Ho was afraid of hurting “Leave tho money to thorn, and take
because he did not love; and, besides, me with you !" cried Lavinia, looking
he bad promised Lavinia indulgence, | quite radiant as the brilliont idea struck
After the death of Crowton, tho milk
man who was frozen to death on Wood
ward avenue early Sunday morning, his
brother determined to carry on the
biiBinesB, but at tho outset was met by
a discouraging obstacle in the fact that
ho had no list of his brother’s custom
ers, Suddenly a happy thought occur
red to him. He got into tho wagon,
with his cans and tickets, on Monday
morning, and giving free rein to tho
littlo black pony formerly driven by
his brother, was gratified to find that
the intelligent animal made tho long
circuit without hesitation, and stopped
Rt every house whero his master nad
ber-D iu the habit of supplying milk.
Detroit Pont.
“ Pretty square oroBsing, aiu’t it?"
•' Yes, hut tho upper bar's workiug
down fast."
Another pilot spoko np nnd said :
“ I had hot tor water than that, aud
ran it lowor down ; started out from tho
fnlso point—mark twain— raised tho
second reef abreast tho big sung iu tho
bond, nnd had quarter Iopb twain."
Ono of tho gorgeous ones remarked :
" I don’t want to find fault with your
leadsmen, but that's n good deal of
water for Plum Point, it scorns to mo."
Thoro war an npprovlug nod nil
nround as this nuiot snub droppod ou
tho boastor nml " Bottled " him. Aud
so thoy wont on tnlk-talk-tnlkinp:.
Meantime tho thing that was running in
my mind wns, “ Now, if my ears hear
aright, I linvo not ouly to got tho names
of all tho townB, nnd islands, nnd bends,
and so on l>y honrt, but I must oven got
up a warm personal noquaintnnonnhip
io-limbed
ornnmonts tho banks of this rivor for
twolvo hundred miles ; nnd moro than
Hint, I mnBt actually know whore those
things aro in tho dark, unless thoso
guests nro giftod with eyes that can
pierce through two miles of solid blaok-
nens ; I wish tho piloting business wni
in Jorioho und I htul never thought of
it."
At dusk Mr. B. topped tho big boll
time times (thosignal to laud), anti the
onptnin emerged from his drawing
room in tho forwnrd end of tho texns,
nnd looked up iuquiringly. Mr. B.
said :
Wo will lay up lioro all night,
captain.”
“ Very woll, sir."
That was all. Tho bont onmo to shoro
nnd wns tiod up for tho night. It
scomod to me a fluo thiug that tho pilot
could do itH ho plonsod, without so
grand a captain’s permission. I took
my supper nnd went immediately to
bed, discourngod by my day’s observa
tions and experiences. My Into voysgo’s
note-booking was but a confusion of
meaningless names. It had tangled mo
nil up iu a knot every lime I had lookod
nt it in the daytime. J now hoped for
respite nnd sleep ; but nr, it rovolod nil
through my head till sunriso ngniu, a
frantic aud tireless nightmare.
Noxt morning I felt pretty rusty and
low-spirited. >Yo wont booming along,
taking a good ninuy olianoos, for wo
wero anxious to “ got ont of the rivor ”
(an getting ont to Cairo was called) bo-
lore night should overtaka us. JJti*
Mr. B——partner, tho other pitot,
•grounded tho- boat, and we
ion timo'gotting her off that it
plain the dnrkncEe would ovortako
us n good way abovo tho mouth. ThiR
wits a groat misfortune, ospooially to
oertnin of otir visiting pilots, whose
boats would have to wait for Iheir
turn, no matter how long that might
bo. It sobered tho pilot-honso talk a
good deal. Ooming np-ntresm pilots
airf not mind lo^v wntor or any kind of
dnrknoMB; nothing stopped them but
fog. But down-stroam work was differ-
—Delmonioo, tho lion tamer, has been
devoured nt Berlin by one of hie own
lionB,
buoy tho ohnunel or assist tho boat’s
pilots in any way they oonld. They
wore likewise welcome, beosuHo all
pilots aro tirelesn talkers, when gath
ered tngother, and un they talk only
about tho river thoy nro always under
stood and always interesting. Your
true pilot onron nothing abont anything
on earth but tho river, and bin pride in
his occupation surpasses tho pride of
kings.
Wo lmd a fine oorapany of these rivor
inspectors along this trip. Thoro woro
eight or ton ; krai there wau abundance
of room for ITfatu in our great pilot
house. Two qr three of them woro
polished silk hats, elaborate sliirt-
fronts, diamond breast-pins, kid gloves
and patent-leather boots. They were
choice iu their English, aud bore them
selves with n dignity proper to men of
solid means and prodigious reputations
ns pilots. The others wero moro or
less loosely clad, and woro upon their
heads tall felt cones that were suggest
ive of tho days of tho commonwealth,
THURIFYING JtICBTIF.fi.
I was a cipher in this angnst com
pany, nnd felt subduod, not to say tor
pid. I wss not even of sufficient oonwo-
quencu to assist st tho wheel when it
wus necessary to pnt tho tiller hard
down in a hurry ; tho guest that stood
nearest did that when occasion required
—and this was pretty mnoh all the time,
because of tho crookedness of Iho chan
nel nnd tho scant water. I stood inn
corner; and tho talk I listened to took
tho hope nil ont of me. One visitor
said to another:
“Jim, how did you run Flum point,
ooming up ?’’
“It was in tho night, there, and I ran
it tho way ono of tho boys on tho Diana
told me ; started out about fifty yardB
above tho wood-pile on tho /also point,
and held on tho cabin under Plnm point
till I raised tho reef quarter less twain ;
then straightened np for tho middle bar
till I got well abreast the old one-
limbcd ootton-wood in the bond, then
got my Htern on tho cotton-wood and
head on the low pinoo abovo tho Point,
and camo through a-booming—nine and
a half,"
it was not oustomary to run down
stream at night jn low water. x
There seamed, to be ono small hope,
however, if wo could- got through the
intricate and dangerous Hat Island
crossing beforo night, wo oould venture
the roat, for we would have plainer
Hailing nnd bettor water. But it would
bo insanity to nttompt Hat Jslaud at
night. So thoro was it deal of looking
at watohos all tho rt st of the day, and
ooustant oiphoring upon tho spoed wo
ore muking; Hut Island was tho utor-
nul subject; nomutiuios hone was high,
nud sometimes wo wero delayed in it
bad crossing, and down it went again.
For hours all liuuds lay under tho bur
den of this suppressed excitement; it
was even communicated to me, and 1
got to fooling so solicitous about Hat
Island, nnd under nuoh a pressure of
responsibility, that I wished I might
have five minl.es on tho shoro lo draw a
good, full broalli, aud sturt ovor again.
Wo wero standing no regular watches.
Each of our pilots ran such portions of
tho river as ho had run whon coming
np stream, hooansc of his greater
fumiliurity with it; but both romainod
in tho pilot houno constantly.
now HAT IHT/AN* WAS “ MADE.”
An hour hoforo sunHot, Mr. B
took tho wheel aud Mr. W stopped
aside. For the noxt thirty minutes
every man hold IiIh watch in his hand
nnd wns restless, silent, nnd uneasy. At
last somebody said with a doomful
sigh :
“ Woll, yonder is nat Island—and
wo can’t mako it.”
All tho watches oloscd with a snap,
everybody sighed and muttered some
thing about its being “ too bad, too bad
—oh, if wo oould ouly havo got lioro
half an hour sooner 1" nnd the rdaao
was thick with the atmosphere of dis
appointment. Home started to go out,
but loitered, hearing no boll tap to
land. Tho nun dipped bohind tho
horizon, tho boat want on. Inquiring
looks passed from one guest to another;
and ono who had his hand on tho door
knob, aud had turned it, wnited, thou
presently took away his hand nnd lot
tho knob turn book again. Wo boro
steadily down tho bend. Moro looks
wero exchanged, and nods of surprised
admiration—but no words. Insensibly
the men drew together bohind Mr.
B as tho sky darkened and ono or
two dim stars camo oat. The dead
nilonoo and sense of waiting became
oppressive. Mr. B pulled the oord,
and two deep, mellow notos from the
big bell floated off on tho night. Then
u pause, nnd ono moro note was struck.
The watchman’s voice followed, from
tho hnrrioano deck :
“Labboard lead, thoro I Htabboard
lend I"
The cries of tho londsman began to
riso out of the distance, aud were
gruffly repented by tho word-passors on
tho hurricano deck :
"M-a-r-k three! M-a-r-k three!
Quartor-loBH tbreo 1 Half twain : Quar
ter twain I M-a-r-k twain 1 Quarter
less ”
Mr. B palled two boll-ropes, and
wns answered by faint jinglings far bo-
low iu tho engine-room, aud our speed
slackened. The steam began to whistle
through tho gauge-cocks, The cries of
the leadsmen went on —aud it is a weird
sound, always, in tho night. Every
pilot in the lot was watching, now with
fixed eyes, and talking under his breath.
Nobody was calm and easy but Mr.
B . Ho would put his wheel down
and stand on a spoko, and as tho stoamer
swung into her (to mo) utterly invisible
marks—for wo seemed to bo in tho
midst of a wide and gloomy sea—ho
would moot and faston her there. Talk
was going on, now, iu low voiccB
“ There; she’d over the first reef all
right!"
After a pause, another subdued voice:
“ ner stern’s ooming down jast ex
actly right, by George! Now aho’e in
the marks ; over she goes 1”
Homebody else muttered :
ful I"
•Oh, it was dono boautifnl—bcanti
Now the enginos woro stopped alto
gether, nud wo drifted with theonrrent.
Not that I oould seo tho boat drift, for
I oonld not, tho stnrs being all gona by
this timo. This drifting was tho dis-
mnlcst work ; it held one's honrt still.
Presently I discovered a blacker gloom
than that whloh Rttrroundod ns. It was
tho bond of tho island, wo woro olos-
iug right down upon it. We mitered
its deeper shadow, and so imminent
seemed the poril that I wns likely to
suffocate ; nud I had tho impnlso to do
something, any thing, to save tho ves
sel. But still Mr. B stood by his
wheel, silent, intent ns a ant, and all tho
pilots stood shouldor to shoulder at his
back.
“She'll not mako it I" somobody whis
pered.
Tho wntor grow shonlor and shoaler
by tho londsiuau’s cries, till it was down
to—
“ Hight-and-n-hnlf I E-i-g U-t foot I
E i g-h-t foot l Huron-nml— 1 "
Mr. B snid warnintly through hiB
speaking tube to tho ougmeor :
“ Htiind by, uow I"
“ Aye-aye, sir."
“ Hoven-aiul-a-half 1 Soven feot I Six-
and—"
Wo touohod bottom 1 Instantly Mr.
sot a lot of bells ringing, shouted
through tho tube, " Now lot hor havo
it—every ounoo you've got 1" thou to
hiB partner, " Put her hard dowu 1
snaton her 1 snatch hor I" Tho boat
rasped and ground her way through
the snnd, hung upon tho apex of dis'
aster a single, tremondous instant, nud
thon ovor sho went I And such a shout
as wont up at Mr. B *b back nover
looaonod tho roof of n pilot house
beforo I
Thoro whb no moro tronblo n ter that.
Mr. B wns the hero that night; nnd
it wns flomo time, too, hoforo his exploit
oonsod to bo tnlkcd about by river raon.
Fully to roalizo the marvelous pre
cision required iu laying the great
steamer iu her mnrkH in that murky
waste of water, ono must know that not
only must, she pick her intricate way
through snags and blind reefs, nud thon
shavo tho head of tho island so closely
us to brtiBli tho overhanging foliage with
hor stern, but nt one pinoo sho must
pass almost within arm’s reach of a
sunken and invisible wreck that would
santoh tho hull timber from tindor hor
if sho should striko it, and destroy a
ii nuu nu<mm mi mo u>, nuu uirmruj n
quarter of a million dollars’ worth of
stoumbont and oargo in live minutes, and
maybn a h mid rod and fifty human livon
into tho bargain.
Tho last remark I heard that night.
is a oomplimcut to Mr. B , ut
tered in soliloquy and with unction by
ono of our guests, Ro said :
•• By tho shadow of death, but bo's a
lightning pilot I"
Ho Knew What He Wanted.
The Oinoianntl Enquirer tells tho fol
lowing: Ho oame into tho oflloo of
one; a boat was too noarly . holploss West End undertaker yesterday with a
with a stiff current pushing behind her; look of groat oare on hto honest face.
His oyes’woro heavy nnd slightly blood
shot, telling of nightly vigils and loss
of sleep. His hair wns unkopt and
shaggy. Tho soft-iieorlod man of oof-
fins looked upon his visitor with a gaze*
full of pity and thankfulness—pity for
his customer's loss and thankfulness for
patronago. Ho was so young to be
burdoned with tho loss of n dear ono
by doath.
Tho manufacturer of burial oases
nodded a silent assent nnd aoudoling
recognition ; tho young man from tho
country said: “How d'ye?” Then
miHiiod a painful nilonoo broken nt
length bv tho mau of gravo business.
“Can I do anything for you to-day,
sir I"
“ Wull I reckin’ so, strnngor I”
Another silence. Onoo moro tho un-
dot taker began by suggesting: Your
sister?’
Young man stared a*moment, thon, as
light gradually broke upon his por-
plexod mind, he smiled n smilo moro
suggest!vo of sorrow thau happiness,
and replied :
“ No—my nifo,”
“ Sudden ?"
•• No—oxpooted su'thnu’ of tho kipd
for several months."
“ Whon did it hnppon ?’
“ 'Bout 4. o’olook this morning.”
“ Looks natural ?”
“ llathor.” (Spoken carefully, and
exprotmive of some doubt.)
•• About what do von wan
About what do you want the cost of
it to bo ?"
“ Don’t oaro a d urn at ion foroxpeneos;
git it up kinder nioo. I’ll troat bor
handsum, oauso sho is tho first ono I
ovor hod.”
“Vory well, my friend; you’ll Jiavo
it lined with whito satin, I suppose ?”
“.Test ns ^ou say, stranger.”
•' Silver-headed screws, too, I sup
pose ? ” J
“ Y-o-a-s, I s’poso so. An’, stronger,
just nut a bully top to’t.’
, “Oh, of course; and you’ll want a
glass in it, also, I suppose?”
“ Y-o-o-s—Oh certainly—you bot.
Git hor up sniptions, yon know, old
follow. None of your dratted one-
Iioho fixins for n\o. No, slr’oe.”
•• Just so. Hilver handles, of course?"
“Eh? What’s that you say, stran
ger— silver lmn-dles ? Oh darn it now,
won’t that bo pilin’ it on too hefty like?
I kin stand silver screws ; and sioh, but
ther’s no nso makin’ the hull tnrnution
trap of silver. Tho thing has to bo
moved, sud mast havo bundles, but I
ain’t qnito so stack up as thet
quite, stranger.”
“ very woll,” aoqulo«ood tho man of
obseqnics. “ I’ll put ordinary handles
to it, then ? ”
•‘ Egg actly—thorn’s ’em, mister;
vnr talkin’. Or’nary 'handles ’ll do.
But, I say, stranger (reflectively), make
the wheels glisten liko thundor. *
“ Wh-wh-wh-eels I ”
Yas, wheols. What’s tlior matter
with yon, anyhow ?"
•• But who evo rhoard of wheels to a
coflln ? ”
GuDln ! ” shrieked tho dejectod-
looking young man. “ Coffin I Now,
who in tho diakons said anythikg about
oofflns ? ”
“ Why, don’t you want a ooffln ? ”
“ Ne-o! darn your ooffln ! I want a
cradle—a trup to rook ray new baby in”
“ And isn't your wife dead ? ”
“ Not by a jugful. Don’t you make
cradles for sale ? ”
“No, my friend, I am an undertaker.
FACTS AND FANCIES.
—When a Florida Indian is likely to
die his friends plaoe him where an alli
gator osn take him in, and thns save
burial expenses.
—A husband in Wyoming territory
rode twenty-eight railos to get his wife a
bustle, and yet Susan B. Anthony yeowla
around about man’s tyranny.
—"I’m going where I won’t have to
cook banns I” was the farewell sentf noe
of an Ohio woman who left this vale of
tours a few dajs since.
—Tlios. Jefferson’s own oopy of his
Notes on the State of Virginio,” with
his annotations and mauuftoript addi
tions, was reoently sold in Ohlosgo for
8100.
—In Ergland it is proposed that (he
upper elapses shall for a while disoon-
tinuo eating oysters, in the hope*that
thoy may thus bo Iiad aome day for leu
than $1 a dozen.
—Brigham Young is better, much
batter. Ho is able to sit np and bo
married occasionally, and the latest
brides bavo he on lioaul to romark that *
thoro’a a good deal of the material of
whioh heroes and bridegrooms ore made
in the old man, yot.
—The olaBh in tho fashionable world
just now, betwcon tho girlB with pretty
feot who want, to woar short dresses
and those with ugly feet who insist
upon having long ones, is described by
the fashionable dress-makers as some
thing fearful.
Tins Bt. Lawrenoo county (N, Y.)
dairymen have been discussing the
longth of timo a dairy oow should go
dry. After two hours’ debate a vote
was taken, whioh rosnlted in a six
weeks’ vacation for each dairy oow,
beginning with tho first of January of
each your.
—Patti, on hor appoarsnoo nt Mos*
oow, was presented with five stars of
diamonds und rubies. Two thousand
bouquets were thrown to her during
Iho night, and oho was called before the
curtain sixty times. This is enthusiasm
at whito heat. Wo hope Mnroow may
rsoape a second great conflagntior.
—Tt is reported that a rasa went home
shout, three o’olook one morning, and,
using hiB umbrella for a bUlisrd-oue.
smote his sleeping wife in the short
rib, crying "pool 1ft and sunk into •
sweet slumbor. Ho lias sinoo explained
to his wife that women enn have no
idea how tho cares of businoss will
sometimes affect a man’s brain.
—An American, who has been travel
ing at night on n Mexican railroad, says
ho was astonished at tho amount of
cook crowing along tho lino abont the
hour of daybreak. His first impression
was thnt the train must bo psssins
through endless rows of roosters, bnt
he discovered st last that evory other
Mexican on tho oars had a gamecock
under his acravc.
—A train running at a modorate rate,
whioh is about twenty-one miles wr
hour, would run over a distance of five
hundred milos por day of twenty-fonx
hours, and at that speed would reach.
British India from London itb atKmtM***
eight aud a half days, or FcMjt’ in
China in eleven days, or from GibraMa*' vj
ion
J3g
5k
to the Cape of Good Hope in.tan days,
or from Quebec to Capo Horn in seven*,
teen days, or once round the globe in
fifty-one days, or Bevon times ronnd the
globe iu one year, or a distance equal
from tho earth to the moon is about
sixteon months, or from ihe earth to
the sun in five hundred years, whioh is
05,000,000 miles.
Butler's Postal Telegraph Bill.
The postal telegraph bill, introduced
by Mr. Butler, of Massachusetts, pro
poses that all tolegraphio lines of com
munication shall bo mado postroads,
nud tho postmaBter-gone' < al is author
ized to advortise for the transmission
of all government diepatohes in the
sama mannor as tho transmission of
mails are now advertised for.
Hcotion two providos that all compa
nies shall receive nnd forward dispatches
from other companies without any extra
cliargo for designating tho point where
the same camo upon its line, and pro
hibits preforeuoo being given to any
olnss of businoss.
Heotion threo prohibits tho several
companies on Ianu and ooean being in
terested directly or indircotly in the
collection und transmission of commer
cial i
Bcotion four requires rates for speoial
telegrams to nowHpapers and commer
cial nows associations to be the same,
whioh rate’s shall be publicly displayed,
such rates in no case to exceed the
rato charged by the associated press and
othor pr ss associations on the first of
January, 1875.
Section five provides that all tele
grams shall bo privileged communica
tions in luw to some extent that 1 sealed
letters aro now, and the contents shall
not bo divulged by any agent or officer
of tho company, except for purposes of
justioo, by order of a oourt of compe
tent jurisdiction.
Section six makes the tariff uniform
to all partios for similar services. Gov
ernment dispatches when certified by a
proper officer, to havo precedence with
out pre-puyment, at rates to be fixed
anuually by tho postmaster-general; all
othor telegrams to be transmitted in the
order received, except those designated
to go nt night.
Heotion sovon makes divulging of the
contents of aDy telegram, or willful
delay in sending, or injury to telegraph
linos or apparatus, a misdemeanor, pun
ishable by flue and imprisonment.
" Undertaker of what ?
" I make coffins.”
" Oh, Lord, let mo ketch the follor
that sent mo here I ”
And the grief-strioken youth cram
med his hat over his eyes, ran his hands
deep down in the pookets of his trons-
erloons, and pounced ont on the street
searching for vengeanoo.
—Tho resolution " to do or die ” is
never so rauoh to any body as to the
young man who bursts a suspender
button in the midst of the 1
-N. Fi mil.
Out thw Out.
Evory person should know how to
treat u flesh wound. Every one is
liublo to be placed in oironmstsnoes
away from any surgical and vetrinary
aid, where lie may save his own life,
or a frfend^or a. beast, aimply by the
oxerettft of a little conitnoh sense. In
tho first placo, close the lips of the
wound with the hands and hold them
firmly together to check the flow of
blood until several stitohes can bo
taken and a bandage applied. Then
bathe tho wound for a long time in
oool wafer. " Should it bo painful,” a
correspondent says "take a panful
of burning ooals and sprinkle upon
them oommon brown sugar, and hold
the wonnd in the smoko. In a minnto
or two the pain will be allayed, and the
reoovery proceeds rapidly. In my cose
a rusty nail had made a nad wound in
my foot. The pains and nervous irrita
tion were sevore. This was all removed
by holding it in the smoke fifteen min
ute*, and I was sblo to resume my
reading with oomfort. We have often
recommended it to others with like re
sult. Last week one of my men had a
finger nail torn ont by a pair of loe
tongs. It becamo very painful, as
was to be expeoted. Held in sugar
smoke twenty minutes, pain ceased and.
promised Bpeedy recovery.” ‘ ‘
